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For the love of Physics – From the End of the Rainbow to the Edge of 

Time – A Journey through the Wonders of Physics

While studying one can struggle with more than one subject or course, from

Science to Mathematics, but one of the most common is Physics. Many factors

can play a role in the diculty of getting the basic ideas of the topics at an

introductory course of Physics, but reaching the point at which you hatePhysics can have only one reason: ou had a bad Physics teacher, at least this

is the e!planation Professor Walter "ewin gives.

Walter "ewin was born in the #etherlands and moved to the $.S. in %&'' as a

postdoctoral fellow at M(). *e is a well+nown Physics professor not only at M()

but worldwide since his lectures are available for everyone on the (nternet.

-ac in /%%, Walter "ewin published his remarable boo titled: 0For the love

of Physics - From the End of the Rainbow to the Edge of Time – A Journey 

through the Wonders of Physics! "ewin has been recogni1ed by personages

lie -ill 2ates as a person with 0an e!traordinary intellect, passion for physics,

and brilliance as a teacher3. )he boo taes the reader into a real journey to meet the beauty of the

$niverse through the eyes of Physics using understandable science jargon. )he

 journey starts from the nucleus of an atom and ends with an invitation to thin

about Physics as a 0way of seeing3 the world that surrounds you. )his is

accomplished by answering some common 4uestions lie why the rainbow is

the way that it is, how an airplane lifts, why you can drin with a straw and so

on. 5ach one of the %6 chapters presents the theory with an approach that lets

you relate it with the phenomena happening all the time not only in your daily

life but in distant places such as another gala!ies and stars. )he content can be

divided in two parts, the 7rst one presents some of the common topics at an

introductory physics course with applications in di8erent branches of scienceand life. 9inally, the boo ends with an overview of the spectacular events

taing place out in space and then shows some of the most important

contributions of "ewins career as an astrophysicist who pioneer in ;+

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